Georgia
Jacksonville Golf Courses & Tee Times in Georgia
Jacksonville's first city course was Brentwood, a Donald Ross design that opened in November 1923 with 50-cent green fees. It hosted the 1930 U.S. Public Links, the PGA Tour's Jacksonville Open in the 1940s (Sam Snead won twice) and the first LPGA event of 1952. In 1959, ordered to integrate, the city closed and sold its two courses instead. Brentwood came back as a nine-hole First Tee course in 2000. In Ponte Vedra Beach, TPC Sawgrass opened in 1980 as the first Tournament Players Club, and the Stadium Course has held THE PLAYERS since 1982. The PGA Tour's headquarters is there, and World Golf Village near St. Augustine was built around the World Golf Hall of Fame, which moved back to Pinehurst in 2023.
Can't get a tee time in Jacksonville? Yoink watches 9 public courses, from Jekyll Island, Waverly, St. Marys, Brunswick and Kingsland. Pick your courses, set the day and time you want, and get a notification when a tee time opens, cancellations included.
The longest layout here is Sanctuary Championship Golf Club at 7,500 yards.
Who runs public golf in Jacksonville
The City of Jacksonville's main public course is Bent Creek, a Bobby Weed design with Mark McCumber from 1989, par 71 and 6,620 yards, run for the city by a management company. Brentwood, a city park, is a nine-hole par 34 that has been home to First Tee since 2001. TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach says the Stadium Course is open to anyone who books, and Dye's Valley (1987) is next door. World Golf Village has two resort courses, the King & Bear (Palmer and Nicklaus) and the Slammer & Squire (Snead and Sarazen). Across the Georgia line, the state's Jekyll Island Authority runs three 18-hole courses open to the public, including Great Dunes, a restoration of Walter Travis' 1927 course.
Public courses worth knowing in Jacksonville
- Brentwood Golf Course: Donald Ross built Jacksonville's first city course in 1923. It hosted the 1930 Public Links, four Jacksonville Opens and the 1952 LPGA opener. Now a nine-hole First Tee course, and on the Florida Historic Golf Trail since 2025.
- TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course: Pete Dye's home of THE PLAYERS since 1982, with the island-green 17th. Par 72, 7,245 yards. TPC says it is open to all golf fans.
- TPC Sawgrass - Dye's Valley: Pete Dye and Bobby Weed with Jerry Pate, opened 1987, par 72 and 6,847 yards, and a Korn Ferry Tour host.
- Bent Creek Golf Course: The City of Jacksonville's 18-hole public course, a 1989 Bobby Weed design with Mark McCumber in an Audubon sanctuary.
- World Golf Village - King & Bear: A joint Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus design at World Golf Village that has hosted the Champions Tour's Legends of Golf.
- Jekyll Island Great Dunes: State-run course on Jekyll Island, Georgia, restored to Walter Travis' 1927 layout.
9 courses in Jacksonville
Brunswick
Jekyll Island
St. Marys
Waverly
Why tee times in Jacksonville are hard to get
In Jacksonville, the busiest months are spring and fall. In summer, everyone wants to finish before the heat, so early tee times go first.
Most public courses open their tee sheet a set number of days ahead, often 7 to 14, and many municipal courses give residents or card holders an earlier window. The best weekend-morning times usually go the day they're released. Leagues and outings take blocks of the sheet before the public ever sees them.
When tee time cancellations happen
A full tee sheet rarely stays full. Many courses let you cancel without a fee up to 24 or 48 hours before your time, so spots tend to reappear in the last couple of days. A bad forecast shakes more loose, and a foursome that drops to three opens a single. None of it is announced. The time just shows up again on the booking page, and whoever looks first gets it.
How to get a tee time in Jacksonville
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All 9 courses in Jacksonville, watched for you around the clock
Pick the courses you'd play and Yoink keeps an eye on all 9 courses in Jacksonville. You see what's open in one place, and you hear about it the moment a time that fits your day, window and group turns up, cancellations included.
Doing it by hand? Here's what works.
- Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
- Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
- Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
- Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
- Widen the map. If your first choice is full, check the next town over. Jekyll Island has 2 courses on Yoink and Waverly has 2.
Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked
Tee times in Jacksonville: questions
How do I get notified when a tee time opens up in Jacksonville?
Set a watch in Yoink for the courses you want, the days you can play, a time window and the number of players. Yoink checks those tee sheets every few minutes and sends a notification as soon as a matching time appears, cancellations included. You book it directly with the course.
When do tee time cancellations usually show up?
Mostly in the 24 to 48 hours before the tee time, as golfers cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline, and whenever the weather forecast changes. They appear without notice and tend to be rebooked quickly.
How far in advance can you book a tee time in Jacksonville?
It depends on the course. Many public courses open bookings 7 to 14 days ahead, and town or county courses often give residents an earlier window. Each course's own booking page has its policy.
When is golf busiest in Jacksonville?
Demand is highest in spring and fall, and early in the morning in summer. Weekend mornings are always the hardest tee times to get.
Does Yoink book the tee time for me?
No. Yoink tells you when a time opens; you book it with the course on its own booking page, at the course's price, with no extra fee.
More golf in Georgia
- Atlanta · 82 courses
- Macon & Middle Georgia · 19 courses
- North Georgia Mountains · 16 courses
- South Georgia · 14 courses
- Hilton Head · 12 courses
- Augusta · 11 courses
- Knoxville & Chattanooga · 2 courses
- Destin & the Panhandle · 1 courses
- Northwest Arkansas · 1 courses
Just across the state line
Markets with courses within 25 miles of a course here.
- Jacksonville, FL · 35 courses
Sources
Facts on this page come from these pages, checked 2026-09-28. Rates and booking rules change, so confirm with the course.
- jacksonville.gov · government
- jacksonville.gov · government
- floridahistoricgolftrail.com · government
- dos.fl.gov · government
- floridahistoricgolftrail.com · government
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- tpc.com · official
- tpc.com · official
- en.wikipedia.org · media
- jekyllisland.com · official
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